The '''Metropolis of Lagkadas''' (Gr: Λαγκαδάς) is under the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Church of Greece]] and is an area close to the Thessaloniki Prefecture of Greece.

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The '''Metropolis of Lankadas''' (Gr: Λαγκαδάς), also '''Metropolis of Langada''' is under the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Church of Greece]] and is an area close to the Thessaloniki Prefecture of Greece. The Metropolis is one of the metropolises of the New Lands in Greece that are within the jurisdiction of the [[Church of Constantinople]] but de facto are administered for practical reasons as part of the Church of Greece under an agreement between the churches of Athens and Constantinople.

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==Metropolitan==

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==Metropolitans==

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His Eminence Metropolitan Spyridon (Trantellis) of Lagkadas was born in 1926 and was elected as [[metropolitan]] in 1967.

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*[[Ioannis of Langada|Ioannis]] 2010 - Present

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*[[Spyridon (Trantellis) of Langada|Spyridon (Trantelli]] 1967 - 2009

==Monasteries==

==Monasteries==

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#The Holy Monastery of the Isodia of the Theotokos, ''Askou''

#The Holy Monastery of the Isodia of the Theotokos, ''Askou''

#The Holy Monastery of the Ressurection of Christ Emmaous, St. Basils

#The Holy Monastery of the Ressurection of Christ Emmaous, St. Basils

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==Source==

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*[http://www.patriarchate.org/patriarchate/jurisdiction/administration/dioceses/new-lands/lankadas Metropolises of the New Lands]

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[[Category:Greek Dioceses|Lagkada]]

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Latest revision as of 18:02, November 3, 2012

The Metropolis of Lankadas (Gr: Λαγκαδάς), also Metropolis of Langada is under the jurisdiction of the Church of Greece and is an area close to the Thessaloniki Prefecture of Greece. The Metropolis is one of the metropolises of the New Lands in Greece that are within the jurisdiction of the Church of Constantinople but de facto are administered for practical reasons as part of the Church of Greece under an agreement between the churches of Athens and Constantinople.

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